Working remotely is becoming increasingly mainstream, with forward-thinking organizations like Stripe, Atlassian, and others making headlines by announcing a growth in remote hires. In retrospect, I realized I’ve been working, and leading teams, remotely for over a decade before “remote” …
Month: July 2019
Why You Don’t Need to be a 10x Engineer
Who is a “10x Engineer”? Is it someone who writes thousands of lines of code every day? Is it someone who pushes new product features overnight while being heavily caffeinated? Also, why is this idea of a “10x Engineer” pushing …
Your Code Review Checklist: 14 Things to Include
Code review is an increasingly common practice in development teams. It’s a workflow in which developers submit their code for feedback prior to merging branches, or deploying code to production. This feedback is usually given by colleagues, either other developers, …
Startup developing killer swarm drones for Indian Air Force
A Bengaluru-based start-up is developing India’s first attack swarm drone prototype in conjunction with state-owned contractors Hindustan Aeronautics Credit: IAF A report from NDTV last week confirmed that India’s military is developing weaponised autonomous swarm drones. It has been much …
China’s VC funding party is over
China’s five-year venture capital funding party is over, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll be a hangover Photo by Ylanite Koppens from Pexels Yesterday’s Bloomberg story quoting new figures from UK market research firm Preqin, tells a similar …
Will the first Modi 2.0 budget boost India’s AI readiness?
The first Modi 2.0 budget has been called cautious, incremental and lacking a blueprint; Will India be able to implement the right programmes at the speed required to remain competitive? Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with India’s Budget 2019 (credit: Press …
China AI venture investments slow, but industry remains upbeat
Chinese AI venture investment deals fell 63 percent in value during the first half of 2019, but AI leaders remain upbeat Image by moerschy from Pixabay As mentioned in Wednesday’s post, investment in Chinese tech ventures has continued to slow …
Let’s face it
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Facial recognition appears more and more in headlines and this week is no exception. It’s one emerging technology that pushes lots of buttons at once: privacy, data protection, data permissions, personal freedoms, other legal …
Home-grown innovation driving South Korea’s voice assistant market
Image credit: SK Telecom According to a recent report by Canalys, South Korea’s smart speaker growth rate is second only to China with Canalys predicting 132% growth during 2019. It’s now well publicised that China’s own smart speaker manufacturers are …